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January 9, 2006

Fatwah against nudity in marriage sparks controversy

Topics: Understanding Islam

An Egyptian Imam has issued a fatwa that nudity during sexual intercourse in marriage - invalidates the marriage.

Needless to say, this religious decree sparked a "hot" debate on the private satellite network Dream's popular religious talk show and on the front page of today's Al-Masri Al-Yom, Egypt's leading independent daily newspaper. But aside from it's controversial aspects, we see here yet another example of a very "difficult to reform" system of belief that is as much political as religious, in dire need of reform. And the prospects for successful reform of Islam is unlikely.

Strange as it may seem, even the pope must whisper when he wants to state agreement with conventional Muslim opinion, namely that the Koranic prophecy is fixed for all time such that Islam cannot reform itself. If Islam cannot change, then a likely outcome will be civilizational war, something too horrific for US leaders to contemplate. And just what does Pope Benedict XVI think about the likelihood of civilizational war? Two elements of context set in relief his reported comments concerning Islam's incapacity to reform...

Posted by at January 9, 2006 2:20 AM

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